Marino Sato

Marino Sato (佐藤 万璃音, Satō Marino, born 12 May 1999) is a Japanese racing driver currently racing for Virtuosi Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. He is the 2019 Euroformula Open champion.

Marino Sato
Nationality Japanese
Born (1999-05-12) 12 May 1999
Tokyo, Japan[1]
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2019
Current teamVirtuosi Racing
Car number4
Former teamsCampos Racing, Trident
Starts57 (60 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish21st in 2019, 2021
Previous series
2019
2017-18
2015-16		Euroformula Open Championship
FIA Formula 3 European Championship
Italian F4 Championship
Championship titles
2019Euroformula Open Championship

He is not related to former Formula One driver Takuma Sato.

Racing career

Formula 4

In 2015, Marino Sato competed in the 2015 Italian F4 Championship for Euronova Racing/Vincenzo Sospiri Racing.[2] He finished on the podium once and came 10th in the final standings. Sato would remain with the team for the 2016 Italian F4 Championship. However, even when he won a race at Imola, he only finished 18th in the driver's championship.

2017

Sato progressed to the 2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship to drive for Motopark. He scored one point during the season and finished 19th in the standings.[3]

2018

Despite having been the second-lowest driver in the standings to compete at every event, he was retained for the 2018 season. His performance improved compared to 2017, and he finished 16th in the championship.

Euroformula Open

He moved to the Euroformula Open Championship in 2019. He dominated the championship, winning it with nine victories and helped Motopark to win the team championship.[4]

2019

Sato drove in the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship, replacing Arjun Maini for Campos Racing from the round at Spa-Francorchamps onwards. He would not score any points and finished 21st in the championship.

2020

In 2020 he signed for Trident Racing to partner Roy Nissany in the FIA Formula 2 Championship.[5] Sato only managed to score one point at Mugello, and eventually finished 22nd in the standings, four points and three positions behind Nissany.

2021

Despite this, the Japanese driver was kept on by Trident for the 2021 season.[6] In the second race of the first round he equalled his best ever F2 result, finishing eighth and scoring one point.

2022

Sato remained in the series in 2022, this time joining Virtuosi Racing alongside Jack Doohan.[7]

Formula One

Sato drove in the end of season Young Driver Test in Abu Dhabi for Scuderia AlphaTauri, alongside fellow countryman Yuki Tsunoda (who would soon become an AlphaTauri race driver). He ended the session with the 13th fastest time (1:38.495).

Karting record

Karting career summary
Season Series Team Position
2011 Asian Karting Open Championship — Formula 125 Junior Open 12th
2012 Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Junior Eiko Japan 28th
SKUSA SuperNationals — TaG Junior Phil Giebler Racing 13th
Asia-Pacific Championship — KF3 Simon Racing Team 2nd
2013 German Karting Championship — Junior NC
WSK Master Series — KFJ Praga Kart Racing 38th
IAME International Final — X30 Junior 16th
Rotax International Open — Junior 32nd
WSK Final Cup — KFJ 32nd
CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ 66th
2014 South Garda Winter Cup — KF Praga Kart Racing 19th
WSK Champions Cup — KF 21st
Rotax Euro Challenge — Senior 89th
WSK Super Master Series — KF 37th
CIK-FIA European Championship — KF 49th
CIK-FIA World Championship — KF NC
WSK Final Cup — KF 25th

Racing record

Racing career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2015 Italian F4 Championship Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 21 0 0 1 1 62 10th
2016 Italian F4 Championship Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 21 1 0 0 1 42 18th
2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Motopark 30 0 0 0 0 1 19th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Motopark 30 0 0 0 0 31.5 16th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2019 Euroformula Open Championship Team Motopark 16 9 6 5 11 307 1st
FIA Formula 2 Championship Campos Racing 6 0 0 0 0 0 21st
2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship Trident 24 0 0 0 0 1 22nd
2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship Trident 23 0 0 0 0 1 21st
2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship Virtuosi Racing 6 0 0 0 0 1* 20th*

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 DC Points
2015 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing VLL
1
7		 VLL
2
7		 VLL
3
9		 MNZ
1
13		 MNZ
2
9		 MNZ
3
8		 IMO1
1
4		 IMO1
2
Ret		 IMO1
3
13		 MUG
1
14		 MUG
2
18		 MUG
3
16		 ADR
1
6		 ADR
2
2		 ADR
3
14		 IMO2
1
13		 IMO2
2
21†		 IMO2
3
15		 MIS
1
Ret		 MIS
2
4		 MIS
3
5		 10th 62
2016 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing MIS
1
27		 MIS
2
11		 MIS
3
DNS		 MIS
4
22		 ADR
1
13		 ADR
2
DNS		 ADR
3
4		 ADR
4
8		 IMO1
1
11		 IMO1
2
21		 IMO1
3
16		 MUG
1
15		 MUG
2
17		 MUG
3
12		 VLL
1
19		 VLL
2
15		 VLL
3
Ret		 IMO2
1
7		 IMO2
2
8		 IMO2
3
1		 MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
10		 MNZ
3
Ret		 18th 42

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2017 Motopark Volkswagen SIL
1
16		 SIL
2
12		 SIL
3
18		 MNZ
1
13		 MNZ
2
11		 MNZ
3
12		 PAU
1
14		 PAU
2
Ret		 PAU
3
13		 HUN
1
16		 HUN
2
16		 HUN
3
15		 NOR
1
13		 NOR
2
16		 NOR
3
13		 SPA
1
15		 SPA
2
11		 SPA
3
14		 ZAN
1
15		 ZAN
2
18		 ZAN
3
17		 NÜR
1
16		 NÜR
2
Ret		 NÜR
3
12		 RBR
1
14		 RBR
2
16		 RBR
3
10		 HOC
1
18		 HOC
2
19		 HOC
3
16		 19th 1
2018 Motopark Volkswagen PAU
1
9		 PAU
2
18		 PAU
3
10‡		 HUN
1
15		 HUN
2
13		 HUN
3
16		 NOR
1
8		 NOR
2
7		 NOR
3
13		 ZAN
1
19		 ZAN
2
10		 ZAN
3
4		 SPA
1
7		 SPA
2
15		 SPA
3
16		 SIL
1
12		 SIL
2
17		 SIL
3
14		 MIS
1
15		 MIS
2
12		 MIS
3
Ret		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
Ret		 NÜR
3
18		 RBR
1
14		 RBR
2
13		 RBR
3
21		 HOC
1
19		 HOC
2
14		 HOC
3
16		 16th 31.5

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results
Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2017 Motopark Dallara F317 15th 14th DNF
2018 Motopark Dallara F317 7th 11th DNF

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2019 Team Motopark LEC
1
5		 LEC
2
1		 PAU
1
3		 PAU
2
6		 HOC
1
1		 HOC
2
2		 SPA
1
1		 SPA
2
1		 HUN
1
1		 HUN
2
1		 RBR
1
1		 RBR
2
1		 SIL
1		 SIL
2		 CAT
1
10†		 CAT
2
5		 MNZ
1
1		 MNZ
2
5		 1st 307

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 DC Points
2019 Campos Racing BHR
FEA		 BHR
SPR		 BAK
FEA		 BAK
SPR		 CAT
FEA		 CAT
SPR		 MON
FEA		 MON
SPR		 LEC
FEA		 LEC
SPR		 RBR
SPR		 RBR
SPR		 SIL
FEA		 SIL
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 SPA
FEA
C		 SPA
SPR
C		 MNZ
FEA
12		 MNZ
SPR
11		 SOC
FEA
16		 SOC
SPR
15		 YMC
FEA
18		 YMC
SPR
16		 21st 0
2020 Trident RBR
FEA
Ret		 RBR
SPR
17		 RBR
FEA
16		 RBR
SPR
Ret		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
20		 SIL
FEA
20		 SIL
SPR
12		 SIL
FEA
17		 SIL
SPR
17		 CAT
FEA
15		 CAT
SPR
21		 SPA
FEA
14		 SPA
SPR
Ret		 MNZ
FEA
20		 MNZ
SPR
13		 MUG
FEA
14		 MUG
SPR
8		 SOC
FEA
13		 SOC
SPR
15		 BHR
FEA
20		 BHR
SPR
11		 BHR
FEA
17		 BHR
SPR
16		 22nd 1
2021 Trident BHR
SP1
15		 BHR
SP2
8		 BHR
FEA
14		 MCO
SP1
19†		 MCO
SP2
Ret		 MCO
FEA
14		 BAK
SP1
18		 BAK
SP2
13		 BAK
FEA
15		 SIL
SP1
NC		 SIL
SP2
16		 SIL
FEA
19		 MNZ
SP1
NC		 MNZ
SP2
20		 MNZ
FEA
Ret		 SOC
SP1
14		 SOC
SP2
C		 SOC
FEA
14		 JED
SP1
Ret		 JED
SP2
13		 JED
FEA
18		 YMC
SP1
19		 YMC
SP2
16		 YMC
FEA
17		 21st 1
2022 Virtuosi Racing BHR
SPR
16		 BHR
FEA
11		 JED
SPR
8		 JED
FEA
17		 IMO
SPR
16		 IMO
FEA
11		 CAT
SPR		 CAT
FEA		 MCO
SPR		 MCO
FEA		 BAK
SPR		 BAK
FEA		 SIL
SPR		 SIL
FEA		 RBR
SPR		 RBR
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 SPA
SPR		 SPA
FEA		 ZAN
SPR		 ZAN
FEA		 MNZ
SPR		 MNZ
FEA		 YMC
SPR		 YMC
FEA		 20th* 1*

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
* Season still in progress.

References
  1. "Team Motopark signs rising Japanese Talent Marino Sato". Motopark. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  2. David, Gruz (2015-02-22). "Euronova sign Mauricio Baiz, Marino Sato for Italian F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  3. Allen, Peter (2017-02-14). "Motopark adds Marino Sato to European F3 line-up". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  4. Wood, Ida (2019-09-21). "Marino Sato seals EF Open title at Barcelona as Liam Lawson wins". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  5. Allen, Peter (2020-02-25). "Marino Sato completes 2020 Formula 2 field with Trident drive". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  6. "Sato and Viscaal to form Trident's 2021 Formula 2 line-up". Formula Scout. 2021-03-01. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  7. Allen, Peter (2021-12-13). "Doohan and Sato to race for Virtuosi in F2 in 2022". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
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